These threads pop up frequently and I always feel compelled to reply. Miami Heat mean nothing. They are a mild annoyance, no more than an itch. Folks don't like them because they don't like certain people -- Lebron, Dwayne, Bosh, Ray -- and perhaps the way the team was constructed. But historically this TEAM means nothing. I am indifferent to the Heat as a franchise.

But the Lakers are the team enemy of the C's. The players are basically irrelevant, it is the Lakers that matter. Wilt, Jerry, Gale, Baylor, Kareem, Magic, Cooper, Kurt, AC, Worthy, Fisher, Shaq (when with them), Kobe -- I hate(d) them all, not for any personal reason (except Kobe), but because they brought championships to the Lakers franchise.

These threads pop up frequently and I always feel compelled to reply. Miami Heat mean nothing. They are a mild annoyance, no more than an itch. Folks don't like them because they don't like certain people -- Lebron, Dwayne, Bosh, Ray -- and perhaps the way the team was constructed. But historically this TEAM means nothing. I am indifferent to the Heat as a franchise.

But the Lakers are the team enemy of the C's. The players are basically irrelevant, it is the Lakers that matter. Wilt, Jerry, Gale, Baylor, Kareem, Magic, Cooper, Kurt, AC, Worthy, Fisher, Shaq (when with them), Kobe -- I hate(d) them all, not for any personal reason (except Kobe), but because they brought championships to the Lakers franchise.

If Heat-Lakers happens, I am all aboard the Heat train.

This isn't true in all cases. I don't like the Heat, and it's not because I "don't like certain people." I've got nothing against Lebron James as a person, but I don't like the idea that one individual is bigger than the game and can create a dynasty all by himself. If the Heat continue to win titles, it will confirm many people's belief that the game of basketball boils down to having the single, best player as opposed to having the best team.

These threads pop up frequently and I always feel compelled to reply. Miami Heat mean nothing. They are a mild annoyance, no more than an itch. Folks don't like them because they don't like certain people -- Lebron, Dwayne, Bosh, Ray -- and perhaps the way the team was constructed. But historically this TEAM means nothing. I am indifferent to the Heat as a franchise.

But the Lakers are the team enemy of the C's. The players are basically irrelevant, it is the Lakers that matter. Wilt, Jerry, Gale, Baylor, Kareem, Magic, Cooper, Kurt, AC, Worthy, Fisher, Shaq (when with them), Kobe -- I hate(d) them all, not for any personal reason (except Kobe), but because they brought championships to the Lakers franchise.

If Heat-Lakers happens, I am all aboard the Heat train.

This isn't true in all cases. I don't like the Heat, and it's not because I "don't like certain people." I've got nothing against Lebron James as a person, but I don't like the idea that one individual is bigger than the game and can create a dynasty all by himself. If the Heat continue to win titles, it will confirm many people's belief that the game of basketball boils down to having the single, best player as opposed to having the best team.

This is the primary reason that I root against the Heat.

Extremely ignorant comment man... King James is the NBA right now, face it